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SIPHON. v No. 357,645. Patented Feb. 15, 1887-,

PATENT -OFFICE.

oHAnLEs' N.. TYLER, or BUFFALO, new YORK.

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, a BPEOII'IUA'I'ION forming em oi'Letters Patent No. 357,645, dated February 15, rear;

the apparatus is reatly lllOl'BStSel and the withdrawal of a uid from a vessel or tank may be easily regulated. In the drawings, Fi ure 1 is a sectional elevation of a tank, show ngmy improved siphon applied thereto. Fig. 2is a front elevation. F g. 3-1s a plan. Fig. 4 is a detached enlarged view of the nozzle portion of the siphon. Fig, 5 isza detachedsection illustrating the junctionoi the flexible and rigid portions of the no siphon. "Fig. 6 is, a perspective view of. the guide block, Fig. 7 is a perspective view of tho-clump.

The si. hon consists of a rigid tube, A, preferably o inetal a flexible tube, 13, connected c5120 the upper end oi the tube A, a nozzle, 0, and a transparent tube, 0:, arranged in the line 01 the flexible tube 13, preferably adjacent to p the nozzle 0; and to the tube 13, adjacent to the nozzle, is also secured a. hook, b, or other suit able retaining device, whereby the end of the tube B may be readily secured to and detached from any suitable support--as, for instance,

the edge of a tank or vessel, D, containing the fluid which is to be drawn of! into any other suitable.receptacle.- a I In connection with the siphon constructed as above described, I use certain attach meritsas, for instance, a clamp, E, consisting of a yoke of spring metal, a; secured to a ring, c, encircling the tube B, the said clamp being constructed, asshown. so that its'fingers will grasp between them a cross-bar, a, laid upon the edge of the tank D, thereby supporting the ring 0 in such position that the tube A may be passed through the same into the tank, the ring supporting the parts in the position shown in Fig. 1. block, F, having a groove, x, adapted to receive the edge of the tank, and a curved edge 50 with a peripheral grooved, therein, and pins m,

:set forth hereinafter, whereby the eiilcienoy oi- [0 Another attachment is a guide.

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projecting from opposite sides of the groove, so that the tube B may be laid in the groove and .will be retained by the pins, thereby preweight, and from being bent at such an abupt anglcas would restrict the opening and prevent the passage of fluid. Another attachment is a ring, G prcfembly consisting of a coil of wire, which'e'ncirclsthe tube B, to which ring the hook.b is attached, as shown.

I prefer to make the nozzle 0 in the form of a bentltube provided with a. cock, f; but it is not necessary t'o use this cock in all cases, as

flexible tube, which may be closed by flattens ,ing it by pressure between the finger and thumb. The tube B is expanded to fit over the upper end of the rigid tube A, and is geny, in the end of the tube A, which recess may be uncovered by drawing the tube B slightly upward whenever it is desired to admit air to the siphon to arrest the siphoning of the fluid. When the parts are arranged as shown in Figs. 1, 2,-and 3, the siphon may be started by inserting the nozzle 0 in a small vessel of we.- tera number of times and manipulating the tube B, so as to collect the water therein and impart a motion thereto from the bent portion over the guide F toward the nozzle, when this traveling body of water will operate as a piston to pump an additional quantity from the tube A into the tube B and start the flow of the water, after which it will continue to flow so long as the nozzle 0 is below the level of the surface of the water in the tank. The flow of the water is arrested either by turning the cock f or by carrying the nozzle to a point above the surface of the water in the tank, and the height of the water in the tank may at any time be readily ascertained by carrying the tube upward or downward until the surface of the water can be soon in the transparent section a, which will of course correspond to the level of that in the tank; a

The nozzle may be supported in position it by means of the hook I) to the'edge of the tank D, and the flow of water can at-once be started at any time by disengaging the hook b venting it from being fiattened by its own;

the nozzle may consist of a prolongation of the i orally extended so as to cover a small recess,

above the surface of the water by suspending IOO from its support and carrying the nozzle to a position below the water-level. The nozzle,

therefore, may be manipulated so as to serve as a'faucet to regulate the flow of the water. 5 It will be evident that the block F may be constructed of different forms to serve as a guide, and it may be provided with a clamp to secure it fixedly upon the edge or any other part of the tank D.

In order to prevent the end of the tube A from being closed when the tube is in contact with thebottom of the tank, it is provided with a side notch or opening, .9, as shown in Fig. 1. In some instances the other features described 15 may be used withoutthe rigid tube A, the flexi- Ule tube extending to the bottom of the tank. 7

Without limiting myself to the prerse construction and arrangement 0. parts shown and described, I claim v 1. A siphon consisting of a rigid tube, A,

a flexible tube, B, a nozzle, anda transparent section, a, in the line of the flexible tube B, substantially as set forth 2. The combination, i a siphon, ofa flexible tube, B, and rigid tube A, having a recess, y, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereofl have signed my name tothis specification in the presence of two subscribing witn'csses.

O. N. TYLER. Witnesses:

CHARLES E. Fos'rn'n, W. C. DUVALL. 

